Civilian Casualties

Exact location (via Airwars)

Israeli Military

Geolocation

Airstrike and/or Artillery

LOCATION

Sinjar, Nineveh, Iraq

Several civilians were allegedly injured by a Turkish airstrikes on Sinjar. ANF reported: “In Shengal, areas where civilian settlements and Serdeşt hospital are located, were bombed. According to the first information, there are some injured civilians. In addition, the people suffered material damages as a result of the bombing carried out by the Turkish state.”

Summary

2–3

Turkish Military

محيط مستشفى القدس في تل الهوا, Al-Quds Hospital, Tal Al-Hawa, Gaza strip, Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

On the morning of November 5, 2023, at approximately 10am, one patient in the intensive care unit of al-Quds Hospital was injured by heavy artillery shelling, airstrikes, and explosions allegedly deployed by the Israeli military. The Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) first reported the news at 10:30 AM, reporting that al-Qud Hospital, the refuge of

Summary

Airstrike and/or Artillery

Infrastructure

Healthcare, Hospital

1–3

الدقماق, Al Dakmak, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

At least two civilians were reported injured during alleged Syrian and/or Russian artillery shelling and/or airstrikes on the towns of Al Dakmak in the Al-Ghab Plain, west of Hama on July 14th 2020. The Syrian Civil Defence Forces of the Southern Directorate reported that two young men with injuries of varying degrees were rushed to

Summary

2–3

Russian Military, Syrian Regime

مدرسة صلاح الدين، حي الرمال، مدينة غزة, Salah al-Din School, Al-Rimal neighbourhood, Gaza City, Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

At least four civilians, including two children, 13-year-old Mahmoud Ibrahim Mahmoud Dababsh and nine or 11-year-old Anas Ahmed Abdul Rahman al-Mashharawi, were reportedly killed by an alleged Israeli airstrike on the Salah al-Din School on 14 November, 2024. In addition, “many others” were injured, though the details about these casualties were not found among local

Summary

4 – 5

(2–4 children1 man)

5–10

Exact location (other)

الأتارب, Al Atarib, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

According to a single source, three civilians were injured in a Russian airstrike on al Atarib. Smart News reported that “three were wounded, including a child in a Russian aerial bombardment on the city of Al Atareb. They were moved to the field hospital in the city, according to our reporter.” No additional details are

Summary

Russian Military

عين عيسى, Ain Issa, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

Local sources reported that three children were injured in alleged Turkish forces and/or Turkey-backed forces artillery strikes on Ain Issa on August 1st, 2020. One of them is in a critical condition. “The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored, this evening, artillery shelling carried out by the Turkish forces and the factions loyal to them,

Summary

Turkish Military

Suspected targets

Assad regime, YPG/SDF

3 named, 1 familiy identified

كفريا, Kafriya and its outskirts, Idlib, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

Shortly before 7:28 PM on Monday, September 23, 2024, Professor Mohamad Hamdo Al-Attouk (Abu Hamid), an elderly man, was among the five civilians killed, among them between one and two women. Up to thirteen civilians, including three women and eight children, were also injured in an artillery strike on the town of Kafriya, in particular,

Summary

Education, Primary School, Truck, Vehicle

(1–2 women1–2 men)

11–13

Impact

Syrian Regime, Russian Military, Iranian Military, Hezbollah Forces

16 named

شيراوا - برج القاس, Burj al-Qass -Shirawa, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported injuries in Burj Al Qass in Shirawa, Aleppo on September 12th, 2020 when “Turkish forces shelled with heavy artillery from their military bases stationed in the northern Aleppo countryside positions in the villages of Aqiba, Soghanka and Burj al-Qass in the Shirawa area within areas held by Kurdish

Summary

دارة عزة, main market, Sheikh Mohammad mosque and residential houses in Daret Izza, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Shortly before 8:56 AM on Thursday, 28 November 2024, four civilian men were killed and 21 civilians, among them children, were injured as a result of the series of airstrikes with the reported use of cluster and vacuum munitions allegedly launched by the Russian military and/or Syrian regime forces on the main market, a mosque

Summary

Commerce, Market, Mosque, Religious, Residential

(4 men)

Russian Military, Syrian Regime

4 named

قسطون, Qastoun, Hama, Syria

LOCATION

A civilian died when his house in Qastoun village, Hama governorate, collapsed on November 17th, 2020. According to local sources, the man’s home had been previously severely damaged by alleged Russian or Syrian regime strikes. The Syrian Civil Defence reported: “A civilian died, today, Tuesday, November 17, in the town of Qastoun in the western

Summary

Airstrike and/or Artillery

(1 man)

Accidents related to conflict

Russian Military, Syrian Regime

LOCATION

الهرمل, Hermel,Lebanon, Baalbek-Hermel, Lebanon

code: ISLB260924h
incident_date: 2024-09-26
status: publish
civilian_harm_status: Weak

Summary

Israeli Military

العرقوب, Al Argoub, Al Wahat, Libya

LOCATION

Between seven and ten civilians were allegedly killed and 25 more injured by a NATO airstrike on Al Argoub. The BBC said: “Seven civilians died and 25 were hurt in a coalition air strike on a pro-Gaddafi convoy in eastern Libya, a doctor there has told the BBC. Dr Suleiman Refardi said Wednesday’s raid happened

Summary

7 – 10

(6 children2 women2 men)

NATO forces

Suspected targets

Gaddafi forces, Other

10 named

مخيمات النازحين في مدينة ادلب, Hay al-Jami'a UDP camp in the Al-Jami’a neighborhood of Idlib City, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

code: R4739
incident_date: 2024-12-01
status: publish
civilian_harm_status: Contested

Summary

Car, IDP or Refugee Camp, Residential, Vehicle

(1 woman)

Syrian Regime, Russian Military

Deb Scinnele, Lower Shabelle, Somalia

LOCATION

A US airstrike alelgedly killed Al Shabaab fighter near Deb Scinnele, according to AFRICOM. The press release said: “In coordination with the Federal Government of Somalia, U.S. Africa Command forces conducted two airstrikes in the vicinities of Jamaame and Deb Scinnele, Somalia, Jan. 19. Initial assessments indicate the strikes killed three al-Shabaab operatives. The command’s

Summary

1–2

مدرسة التابعين في حي الدرج بمدينة غزة, Al-Tabi'in School, Al-Daraj neighbourhood, Gaza City, Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

At least 25 civilians, including at least two women and three children, were killed and a number of civilians were injured in an alleged Israeli airstrike on Al-Tabi’in School, which hosted hundreds of displaced people at the time of the strike in the Al-Daraj neighborhood of Gaza City around 2 am on Tuesday, March 18,

Summary

Education, Secondary School

25 – 31

(3 children2 women1 man)

Impact

Israeli Military

5 named, 2 families identified

Geolocation

Exact location (via Airwars)

راس لانوف, Ras Lanuf, Surt, Libya

LOCATION

On March the 3rd 2011, Gaddafi forces allegedly launched several airstrikes on Ras Lanuf (the oil crescent), in the vicinity of Brega that resulted, according to a single surviving source, in six civilians killed and 12 injured, who were said to be accompanying an Egyptian relief convey. Several sources referred to Gaddafi forces being behind

Summary

al-Kowthar village, Middle Shabelle, Somalia

LOCATION

code: USSOM459
incident_date: 2025-02-25
status: publish
civilian_harm_status:

Summary

0–19

Caba, Lower Juba, Somalia

LOCATION

The US reported in a press release published on September 27th that it had conducted a “self-defence strike” in Caba near Kismayo the previous day, killing four al Shabaab fighters . The press release said that a group of armed al Shabaab fighters attacked the Somali force and their US advisors. The Somali forces returned

Summary

Airstrike, Counter-Terrorism Action (Ground)

Heavy weapons and explosive munitions, Small arms and light weapons

Causes of injury / death

4–5

زليتن, Zliten, Misrata, Libya

LOCATION

On May 30th, 2011, multiple sources reported NATO airstrikes on Zliten, which were said to have killed 11 people – although their status was unclear. RT said: “Libyan television announced on Monday, May 30th, that NATO launched air strikes on the town of Zliten on the coastal road linking Tripoli and Misrata, killing 11 people.”

Summary

1 – 11

1–12

NATO forces

Suspected targets

Gaddafi forces, Other

حارم, Harem, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

Some local sources which reported the sounds of an explosion from an alleged US-led coalition drone strike in Harem, Idlib said that three ‘people’ were injured as a result of that on February 25th, 2021. While most sources didn’t specify identities of those injured, @AlnahdaNews_24 said they were militants. “An unknown drone struck a point

Summary

Airstrike, Drone Strike

US-led Coalition

Suspected target

Belligerents reported injured

LOCATION

Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria

On January 30th 2018, RBSS reported that “The bodies of Abdul Hakim al-A’bka and Abdulkhaliq al-A’bka were taken out of the rubble after they had been shelled about four months ago by the international coalition aircraft on the town of Raqqa.” The men were reportedly from one family. In Amnesty and Airwars’s joint April 2019

Summary

US-led Coalition

Jawaari, Middle Juba, Somalia

LOCATION

An airstrike near the village of Jawaari was variously blamed on US and Kenyan forces. Mareeg, a Somali news outlet, reported a strike by unidentified jets which it said had potentially killed eight members of al Shabaab. The terror group itself reportedly denied that any of its fighters were killed. The source of Mareeg’s information

Up to 73 al Shabaab fighters were killed in a confirmed retaliatory strike conducted by US Africa Command. On the same day as the attack, AFRICOM reported that it had “conducted an airstrike targeting militants near Jilib, Middle Juba Region, Somalia, on January 19, 2019.” The airstrike was apparently conducted after a large contingent of

Summary

Airstrike, Counter-Terrorism Action (Ground)

Heavy weapons and explosive munitions, Unknown

Causes of injury / death

52–73

اجدابيا, Ajdabiya, Al Wahat, Libya

LOCATION

On February 17th, 2011, between four and ten people were killed as a result of clashes between demonstrators and Gaddafi Revolutionary Guards in Ajdabiya. Both Wiki news and Al Jazeera confirmed the deaths. A student was reported among the dead as well. Al Jazeera reports “journalist Mansour Ati told Al-Jazeera Net that four people were

Summary

4 – 10

Ameyra, 150 km south of Bosasso, Bari, Somalia

LOCATION

The US military carried out an airstrike targeting an ISIS-Somalia encampment in the Golis Mountains, according to a press release from AFRICOM. The strike killed 13 fighters from ISIS-Somalia, in what was the third recent declared strike against ISIS. AFRICOM said it currently assessed that no civilians were harmed. The statement further noted: “We are supporting

Summary

كيلكا, Kilka , Duhok, Iraq

LOCATION

One civilian was reported killed as a result of alleged Turkish airstrikes on Kilka village in Kani Masi. According to Darkamazi, “Another citizen named Amin Salah Hasan in the Kani Masi area was exposed to the air strikes of the Turkish occupation, and his body was found today by the people of the region on

Summary

(1 man)

تردين, Tardin, Latakia, Syria

LOCATION

One civilian was killed (in this incident or in al-Kendeh)and between three and five civilians, including a child, were wounded in alleged Russian airstrikes on Tardin on May 12, 2021. Syrian Observatory for Human Rights and the Syrian Civil Defense both reported that five civilians, including a child, were injured in Russian airstrikes on al-Kendeh

Summary

3–5

Russian Military